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Sex differences in infant vocalization and the origin of language

Topic:

NR

Authors:

Oller, Gilkerson, Richards, Hannon, Griebel, Bowman, Brown, Yoo, Warren

Journal/Publication:

iScience

Year:

2023
Participant Age Range:
2 –
24 months

Sample Size:

5,899

Participant Language:

NR

Abstract:

Seeking to discern the earliest sex differences in language-related activities, our focus is vocal activity in the first two years of life, following up on recent research that unexpectedly showed boys produced significantly more speech-like vocalizations